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Correction Geuskens GA, Burdorf A, Hazes JMW. Consequences of rheumatoid arthritis for performance of social roles — A literature review. J Rheumatol 2007;34:1248-60. In a source document for this literature review (Dadoniene J, Stropuviene S, Venalis A, Boonen A. High work disability rate among rheumatoid arthritis patients in Lithuania. Arthritis Rheum 2004;51:433-439), in Table 3, the difference in employment rate between patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the Lithuanian population was erroneously exchanged for data for men and women. As a consequence, odds ratios for not having a paid job for male and female RA patients were calculated incorrectly within the literature review. For the study by Dadoniene, et al, the correct odds ratios for male and female patients with RA not to have a paid job were 4.64 and 1.92, respectively (absolute difference with population 36.6% and 16.1%, respectively). This finding is in agreement with a study conducted in The Netherlands (van Jaarsveld CH, Jacobs JW, Schrijvers AJ, van Albada-Kuipers GA, Hofman DM, Bijlsma JW. Effects of rheumatoid arthritis on employment and social participation during the first years of disease in The Netherlands. Br J Rheumatol 1998;37:848-853). Therefore, the revised conclusion in both studies is that the influence of RA on not having a paid job was greater among men than among women. We regret the error. |